Monthly Archives: October 2006

Oct 16

Sony eBook Reader

Sony’s Reader is the lat­est attempt to make books obso­lete. It doesn’t, but it’s the best attempt so far. I like eBooks and I read them on my Palm all the time. But they’re not a replace­ment for books, just a … Read More

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Oct 16

End of Friendster?

Remem­ber Friend­ster? It could have been pur­chased by Google but the founder was talked into accept­ing ven­ture cap­i­tal instead. Friend­ster went from social net­work­ing leader to exam­ple of botched deal­mak­ing, sort of the oppoite of YouTube. Tags: Friend­ster Google mistake

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Oct 16

Photo_101306_003

Photo_101306_003 Orig­i­nally uploaded by tom­masz. When I went to get in my car on Fri­day, I noticed this PC, com­plete with hard drive, in the back of the pickup truck next to me. If you look care­fully, you’ll notice it’s … Read More

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Oct 16

Photo_101606_002

Photo_101606_002 Orig­i­nally uploaded by tom­masz. Wash­ing­ton St. park­ing garage in the early morn­ing. This is where I park now that my name came up on the wait­ing list that I didn’t real­ize I was on. Tags: Rochester down­town photo Treo

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Oct 15

IMG 0005

IMG 0005 Orig­i­nally uploaded by tom­masz. You used to be able to stroll around the perime­ter of the High­land Park Reser­voir, now this is what you see instead. Tags: Rochester reser­voir photo warning

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